Pittsburg police arrested a man Wednesday morning whom they suspect is responsible for a cold-case shooting death 16 years ago.
police arrested a man Wednesday morning whom they suspect is responsible for a cold-case shooting death 16 years ago.
Larry Abercrombie was 32 when he was shot at the front door of his home on South Catamaran Circle at about 10:45 p.m. on June 8, 2007 and later died at a hospital. Police at the time said they were looking for two suspects in their late teens or early 20s and that there was evidence of drug dealing at the home. On Wednesday, officers arrested 40-year-old Desante Blake of Antioch based on DNA evidence that was collected at the scene and recently sent to the Contra Costa County Crime Lab by a cold case detective, according to Pittsburg police.
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